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Belgacom partners with Ipanema Technologies on application-centric network management
Ipanema, a leader in application traffic management systems for wide area networks, has announced today that Belgacom will use its Autonomic Networking System to develop a new application-centric offering. The Ipanema element provides Belgacom's customers with real-time visibility and control of what is happening on their Virtual Private Network (VPN). Customers using the Ipanema system will also be able to dynamically manage, accelerate and prioritise traffic to meet their individual business needs.Rudy Fleerakkers, Belgacom said: "Our service offering is evolving as new pressures are placed on network managers to guarantee the performance of key applications such as Citrix and SAP and sensitive real-time applications such as VoIP. Businesses are increasingly dependent on networks to underpin their IT infrastructure and, as CRM and ERP applications become more business-critical, the fight for bandwidth becomes greater. The spotlight is now on ICT departments, and network managers are turning to us to give them as much control over their networks as possible. We're committed to offering the best levels of service to our customers and, with Ipanema, we will be able to help network managers meet the requirements of their end-users, ensuring critical applications do not suffer due to network issues such as congestion at peak times."
Belgacom identified Ipanema's Autonomic Networking System as the best fit to meet the demands of enterprise businesses for WAN control and application performance guarantees. Ipanema's approach offers telcos a scalable carrier class system with a dedicated service delivery framework that transcends their actual IP VPN service. This enables them to shift from a network SLA model to an application SLA model, opening opportunities for a new generation of high-value services centred around the performance of business-critical applications.
According to research carried out by analyst and consulting firm Ovum, commissioned by Ipanema in June 2008 with large enterprises in North America and Europe revealed that between 65% and 80% of respondents might be willing to pay network service providers more to improve application optimisation. The areas of most interest include:
Improving the quality of service to guarantee performance of business critical applications.
Acceleration technologies to reduce WAN bandwidth and delay constraints for business critical applications.
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